Roger Gros has spent more than four decades inside the global gaming industry, not observing it from a distance, but working within it at every level, from the casino floor to the editorial desk to the executive suite. He is not a commentator who discovered gambling as a content niche. He is a practitioner who built his career alongside the industry itself, documenting its regulatory shifts, its commercial expansions, and its transition into the digital era before most publishers had noticed iGaming existed.
His work today sits at the intersection of online casino analysis, iGaming affiliate content, and responsible gambling advocacy. Every review, guide, or opinion piece published under his name reflects a professional framework built over four decades of direct industry engagement.
Professional Background and Industry Experience
Career Timeline
Roger Gros entered the gaming industry in 1979 as a casino dealer at one of the first casinos to open in Atlantic City, New Jersey. That hands-on experience, working directly with players, understanding game mechanics from the inside, and observing casino operations in real time, forms the practical bedrock beneath everything he has written and published since.
In 1984, he joined Casino Journal Publishing Group as a staff writer and editor, eventually rising to vice president. During his 16 years at the company, he served in virtually every editorial role and built one of the most comprehensive bodies of gaming journalism in North America. He served as editor of Casino Journal, the National Gaming Summary, and the Atlantic City Insider. He founded Casino Player magazine, which became one of the leading consumer-facing publications in the gaming space, giving him a dual perspective: trade and player-facing content simultaneously.
After Casino Journal Publishing Group was acquired in 2000, Gros left to found Casino Connection International (CCI), the independent publishing house that would become home to Global Gaming Business (GGB) magazine. GGB launched as the official publication of the American Gaming Association and rapidly became the authoritative monthly trade title for casino executives worldwide, distributed to over 15,000 senior industry professionals, regulators, attorneys, and public officials.
Since June 2013, Gros has served as Chief Executive Officer of iGamingPlayer.com, a media brand dedicated to online casino content for the US and UK markets. This move reflected his reading of a structural industry shift: as digital gambling began to outpace land-based revenues in profitability, he positioned himself and his editorial team at the centre of that transition. He currently holds the role of Editor-at-Large at GGB magazine.
Specialisation
Roger Gros specialises in the following areas:
- Online casino game mechanics, RTP analysis, and software provider evaluation
- US and UK iGaming regulation and licensing frameworks
- Sports betting market structure, tax policy, and operator economics
- Affiliate media standards, transparency, and player protection
- Casino industry history, operator strategy, and executive leadership
His analytical focus is consistently commercial and regulatory rather than promotional. He writes for operators, regulators, affiliates, and informed players, not for casual browsers looking for bonus codes.
Publications, Conferences and Industry Recognition
Roger Gros is the author of “How to Win at Casino Gambling” (Carlton Books, 1995), a consumer guide to table games and slots that reached its fourth edition and became one of the best-selling gambling books of its era.
He co-founded two of the gaming industry’s most significant annual events: the Southern Gaming Summit (1994) and the American Gaming Summit (1995), the latter in partnership with the American Gaming Association. He later worked as a consultant to Reed Exhibitions on the Global Gaming Expo (G2E), helping to shape the conference programme for the industry’s largest annual trade show.
In 2012, the American Gaming Association presented Gros with its Lifetime Achievement Award at the Gaming Communications Awards, recognising his contribution to gaming journalism and industry publishing over nearly three decades.
His editorial work has been published across GGB Magazine, GGB News, iGaming Business, Casino Connection AC, and iGamingPlayer.com. He has been cited and profiled in industry trade media, including iGB Affiliate and CDC Gaming Reports, as a primary voice on the evolution of US iGaming and the affiliate media landscape.
Editorial Independence and Policy
Roger Gros operates under a strict editorial independence policy across all content platforms he is associated with.
No casino operator, software provider, or affiliate partner has editorial input over the reviews, ratings, or analytical content produced under his name or under his editorial oversight. Operator relationships, where they exist for advertising or commercial purposes at the publication level, are clearly separated from the editorial function. This separation has been a defining principle of his career since the Casino Journal years and remains non-negotiable at iGamingPlayer.com.
Casino and game reviews published by Roger Gros are based on direct platform testing. Ratings reflect actual gameplay assessment, licence verification, terms and conditions review, and withdrawal testing where applicable. No review score is influenced by the size of a commercial relationship with an operator.
When regulatory frameworks change, such as shifts in UK Gambling Commission requirements or evolving US state licensing models, content is reviewed and updated to reflect current conditions. Publication dates and update dates are shown on all time-sensitive material.
Where there is genuine industry disagreement on a topic, that disagreement is presented accurately rather than resolved artificially in favour of a single position.
Responsible Gambling and Player Protection
Roger Gros has been writing about player protection since the early days of Casino Player magazine, when responsible gambling was discussed in terms of bankroll management and was not yet a regulatory category. His understanding of the issue is therefore historical as well as current.
All iGaming content produced under his editorial oversight includes clear signposting to responsible gambling tools, including self-exclusion options, deposit limit guidance, and links to independent support organisations such as GamCare and BeGambleAware for UK readers. He considers this not a compliance obligation but a baseline standard of professional conduct in consumer-facing gambling media.
Roger Gros does not produce content targeting individuals displaying signs of problem gambling behaviour. He does not write content that frames gambling as a financial strategy, a reliable income source, or a solution to financial hardship.
Contact the Author
Roger Gros welcomes professional enquiries from casino operators, iGaming businesses, regulatory bodies, journalists, and industry researchers. He is available for editorial collaboration, expert commentary, speaking engagements, and media interviews.
Email: rgros@casinoconnection.com
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/rgros
iGamingPlayer.com: igamingplayer.com
Global Gaming Business Magazine: ggbmagazine.com
For editorial corrections or factual disputes regarding content published under his name, please contact directly by email with the relevant article title and URL. Corrections are reviewed within five working days and applied transparently where errors are confirmed.